Editing Italy (section)

=== Government ===
{{Main|Government of Italy}}
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Italy has a parliamentary government based on a mixed [[proportional representation|proportional]] and majoritarian voting system. The parliament is perfectly [[bicameral]]; each house has the same powers. The two houses: the [[Chamber of Deputies of Italy|Chamber of Deputies]] meets in [[Palazzo Montecitorio]], and the [[Senate of Italy|Senate of the Republic]] in [[Palazzo Madama, Rome|Palazzo Madama]]. A peculiarity of the [[Italian Parliament]] is the representation given to [[Italian nationality law|Italian citizens]] permanently living abroad: 8 Deputies and 4 Senators are elected in four distinct [[Parliament of Italy#Overseas constituency|overseas constituencies]]. There are [[senator for life|senators for life]], appointed by the president "for outstanding patriotic merits in the social, scientific, artistic or literary field". Former presidents are ''ex officio'' life senators.
[[File:Palazzo Madama (Roma).jpg|thumb|[[Palazzo Madama, Rome|Palazzo Madama]] in Rome, seat of the [[Senate of the Republic (Italy)|Senate of the Republic]], the upper house of the [[Italian Parliament]]]]

The [[Prime Minister of Italy|prime minister of Italy]] is head of government and has executive authority, but must receive a vote of approval from the Council of Ministers to execute most policies. The prime minister and cabinet are appointed by the president, and confirmed by a vote of confidence in parliament. To remain as prime minister, one has to pass votes of confidence. The role of prime minister is similar to most other [[parliamentary system]]s, but they are not authorised to dissolve parliament. Another difference is that the political responsibility for intelligence is with the prime minister, who has exclusive power to coordinate intelligence policies, determine financial resources, strengthen cybersecurity, apply and protect State secrets, and authorise agents to carry out operations, in Italy or abroad.<ref>{{Cite web|title=About us – Sistema di informazione per la sicurezza della Repubblica|url=http://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/sisr.nsf/english/about-us.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150329090926/http://www.sicurezzanazionale.gov.it/sisr.nsf/english/about-us.html|archive-date=29 March 2015|access-date=19 November 2015|website=sicurezzanazionale.gov.it}}</ref>

The major political parties are the Brothers of Italy, [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]], and Five Star Movement. During the 2022 general election, these three and their coalitions won 357 of the 400 seats in the Chamber of Deputies, and 187 of 200 in the Senate. The centre-right coalition, which included Giorgia Meloni's Brothers of Italy, [[Matteo Salvini]]'s League, Silvio Berlusconi's {{Lang|it|[[Forza Italia (2013)|Forza Italia]]|italic=no}}, and [[Maurizio Lupi]]'s [[Us Moderates]], won most seats in parliament. The rest were taken by the centre-left coalition, which included the Democratic Party, the [[Greens and Left Alliance]], [[Aosta Valley (political coalition)|Aosta Valley]], [[More Europe]], [[Civic Commitment]], the Five Star Movement, [[Action – Italia Viva]], [[South Tyrolean People's Party]], [[South calls North]], and the [[Associative Movement of Italians Abroad]].